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HERNANDEZ TORRES, Leonel; SARDINAS PONCE, Raysy  y  PINZA JOJOA, José M. Yeyuno-ileal Diverticulosis: a Case Report with Bowel Perforation. ccm [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.1, pp.197-203. ISSN 1560-4381.

Yeyuno-ileal diverticulosis is a rare illness that affects more frequently men and older than 60 years. Diverticula are more frequently in yeyuno than ileum, and are associated with similar lesions in colon or bladder. It is generally asymptomatic and diverticulitis is the most frequent complication that is why it is diagnosed through radiologic studies or laparotomies.  An   87- year-old patient with hypertension and previous heart attack, who was complaining of generalized abdominal pain of 48 hours of evolution, intense, besides nausea, abdominal growth and tenderness. Because of these, she was operated for acute abdomen finding a yeyuno-ileal diverticulosis with a yeyunal diverticula perforated, that required resection and anastomosis of large bowel. The patient died from acute lung edema in the Intensive Care Unit of Enrique Cabrera General Teaching Hospital, Havana, Cuba.

Palabras clave : yeyuno-ileal diverticulosis; intestinal perforation; foreign body.

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